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Programs in U.S. match fledgling farmers, landowners

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The Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — When Schuyler and Colby Gail were trying to get started in farming, they ran into an obstacle common to many fledgling farmers: Land was expensive and hard to find.

They turned to a local land conservancy, which matched them up with a landowner willing to sell at an affordable price. Now, they raise pigs, lambs and poultry on their farm in New Lebanon, 25 miles southeast of Albany near the Massachusetts border.

"We were able to come to a better financial agreement because the landowners were excited about what we were doing. . .

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